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Much has been said and written about the amazing benefits of tea. So, in fact, it is often difficult to separate fact from fiction. What are the scientifically recognized benefits of tea? The following is a brief summary of recent results.

1. Aging:

If you are the type of button on the appearance of wrinkles, age spots and other signs of aging, oolong tea may be the answer to your concerns. A recent experiment carried out jointly by researchers in the United States, Taiwan and Japan, mice that were fed tea displayed fewer signs of aging than mice that were fed with water.

2. Allergies:

The cut is the most wonderful surprise. Green tea, rich in antioxidants treasures that protects against heart disease and cancer, now promises to be an allergy fighter. Laboratory tests, Japanese researchers found that the antioxidants in green tea can block the biochemical processes involved in producing an allergic reaction. Green tea may be useful against a wide range of sneezing from allergens such as pollen, pet dander and dust.

3. Arthritis:

Catechins of green tea are kondroprotektiivisten and consumption of green tea may be prophylactic for arthritis and may benefit patients with arthritis by reducing inflammation and slowing cartilage degradation. Green tea can help control inflammation in diseases such as arthritis or injury.

4. Bone Strength:

Tea flavonoids may be bone builders. A report in the Archives of Internal Medicine this week examined nearly 500 men and women who regularly drank Chinese black, oolong green tea, or more than 10 years. Compared with nonregular tea drinkers, tea used had more bone mineral density, even after exercise and calcium for strong bones, were taken into account.

5. Cancer:

Tea is one of the best cancer fighters only, you can put in your body, "according to Mitchell Gaynor, MD, director of medical oncology at the renowned Centre for Cancer Prevention strong in New York and co-author of program of Dr. Gaynor's cancer prevention. The recent discovery of tea? strong evidence that both green and black tea can fight against cancer, at least in vitro, even green tea has a slight advantage. In a new study, two teas kept healthy cells from turning malignant after exposure to carcinogens. People who drink about 4 cups of green tea per day appears to have less cancer. Now we know why. In recent laboratory studies, a compound called EGCG, an antioxidant powerful in tea, inhibited an enzyme that cancer cells need to grow. The cancer cells that could not grow enough to divide itself destroyed. It would take about four cups of green tea a day to get blood levels of EGCG that inhibited cancer in the study. Black tea also contains EGCG, but at much lower concentrations.

6. Cholesterol:

Tea is one of the best cancer fighters only, you can put in your body, "according to Mitchell Gaynor, MD, director of medical oncology at the renowned Centre for Cancer Prevention strong in New York and co-author of program of Dr. Gaynor's cancer prevention. The latest discovery of tea? tea may lower "bad" cholesterol. Researchers at the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland, asked subjects to eat low fat, low calorie food and drink five cups of caffeinated tea or a placebo containing caffeine and caffeine-free, which mimicked the look of tea. Levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) decreased by 10 percent among subjects who drank tea.

7. Heart Disease:

Drinking black tea may reduce the risk of heart disease because it prevents blood from clumping and forming clots. In a recent study, researchers found that while drinking black tea, the participants had lower levels of protein in the blood are associated with clotting. Better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one, one, "says a Chinese proverb. Research shows it may well be true. Dr. Kenneth Mukamal of Boston Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center reported that of 1900 patients who heart attack, those who drank two or more cups per day reduced their risk of dying over the next 3.8 years by 44 percent.

8. Loss Weight:

Trying to lose weight? To reach a cup of green tea instead of diet drinks. Compared with placebo, and caffeine, green tea extract produced a significant increase of 4% of energy expenditure of 24 hours. If you eat 2000 calories a day and not gain or lose weight (it is in the energy balance), an increase of 4% would translate into a difference of about 80 calories per day. More than a year, this could result in 89 pounds of weight loss. Recent data show that in the battle for fat loss, green tea may be greater than the caffeine. A new study, green tea appears to accelerate calorie burning - including fat calories. The researchers suggest that compounds in green tea called flavonoids may change how the body uses a hormone called norepinephrine, which in turn accelerates the rate of calories burned.

9. Influence:

You may be able to increase their fight against the flu with black tea. The best defense against influenza State Party is to wash your hands often and get vaccinated against the influenza virus. Black tea may further strengthen your efforts to stay healthy. A recent study, people who gargled with a black tea extract twice a day showed greater immunity to influenza virus than people who did not gargle with black tea.

10. High Blood Pressure:

Tea lovers will be surprised to learn their favorite drink, promoting a new health benefit: blood pressure control. Drink half a cup of oolong or green tea a day reduced the risk of a person of high blood pressure by almost 50% in a new study. People who drank at least two and a half cups a day reduced their risk even more. The risk was reduced but had risk factors for hypertension such as high sodium intake.